Jane Stillwater is a freelance journalist, war correspondent, blogger, political Cassandra and author of "Bring Your Own Flak Jacket: Helpful Tips for Touring Today's Middle East," now available on Amazon.com. Her latest motto is "Stop Wall Street and War Street from destroying our world."

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Hand-counting our votes -- it's as American as apple pie! I was talking to Andy Johnson on WNNR in Jacksonville yesterday. We were talking about election fraud -- and suddenly my childhood memories started flooding back to me.

"When I was a little girl," I said, "my mother used to have the polling place in our home. We would strip away the front room furniture and put up the voting booths. All the neighbors would trudge in and we knew most of them and met the rest." It was a happy time and we looked forward to it.

My mother would put out cookies and help old ladies up and down the stairs. There was a community feeling about voting day. Patriotic. "But the part I remember most happened after the polls had closed. The precinct ladies would gather around the dining room table and hand-tally the votes." How American can you be? As American as apple pie.

"I miss those days, Andy."

Who would you trust most to accurately count your vote? Electronic machines with faulty programming, easy hacker access and NO PAPER TRAIL? Or your mom?

Whether Americans use hand-counted paper ballots or just mail in our votes like they now do in Oregon, let's do SOMETHING to make our election system more trust-worthy. Right now, the only difference between American elecition fraud and Ukrainian election fraud is that the Ukrainians protested theirs. Americans didn't.

That's not fair! Since when did the Ukrainians start to have more apple pie there than here?

Why are Confederate cult Christians BRAGGING about the rape of Fallugah?

"American troops took Fallugah by storm this week," bragged the evening news. "Airplanes strafed insurgents and tanks rolled through the streets."

Why would people who actually call themselves Christians want to make the rape of Fallugah sound like a GOOD thing? You would think, after reading the teachings of Jesus every day like they claim to do, that they would have the good grace to shut up about it.

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Every night before we go to bed, let us take a minute to pray for George Bush's dead...in Afghanistan, Israel, New York, Iraq, Palestine, Sudan, Nigeria, Columbia, Arlington...

Last week a friend of mine found the decomposed body of a poverty-stricken and ill old man in her back yard -- where he had gone to curl up and die.

America can -- and must -- do better.

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California can legally quit: My personal project is to start an intuitive to have California return to being the Bear Flag Republic. We don't have to secede. We just have to nullify our contract with the Bush White House because they violated said contract. They are NOT protecting us. To hell with them. Does anyone out there know how to start an initiative process in California? Tell me! I'm on it! (As soon as I get back from my holiday vacation, January 1, 2005: Great New Year's resolution!)

Monday, November 22, 2004

Americans! Stop bickering among yourselves! We are in danger here.

You should see my inbox. "You lying liberals are the scum of the earth. I hope you die."

Last night I got another threatening phone call. The red state cult Christians do NOT like us blue states at all. And the feeling is mutual. "The Confederate states suck eggs. How can 59 million Americans be so dumb!"

This bickering is not a luxury we can afford. Right now, we are like some self-important mice trying to beat each other up -- while the cat just stands by and watches. Get over it, guys. We are ALL in danger here.

The very first thing we need to get straight is this: America is NOT a super-power. Just look at the map -- there are 193 nations in the world. Approximately four of them agree with George Bush's foreign policy.

There are six billion people in the world. Approximately 350 million of them agree with George Bush's foreign policy. The rest of the world was HORRIFIED by Bush's rape of Fallugah and they can't help thinking that, if Bush is allowed to continue with his temper tantrums, they too will be next on his hit list. These people recognize boys-behaving-badly when they see it. And, more importantly, they have the power to send the Dollar off to its room until the Bush brats learn better manners. These people can do that. There are six billion of them. They are BIGGER than us. They CAN take away our allowance. Red states? Blue states? We are ALL Americans. And we need to make friends with each other. Are our petty differences actually going to matter after George Bush has managed to piss off SIX BILLION PEOPLE?

It's time for Americans to start making nice with each other and -- if our little country is to survive the 21st century -- for us to find leaders who can "play well with others" too.

Thursday, November 18, 2004

America's Most Wanted: After Jordan disappeared, they called the police on ME!

Two months ago, I wrote an article entitled "Calling the Police on your Own Child". Little did I know that the next victim of Jordan's parents' love affair with calling "911" was going to be me! Now I know how Jordan must feel. It's like being in an episode of "America's Most Wanted" Or, more exactly, like being in an episode of "As the World Turns".

If you have been keeping up with my serialized episodes of the "Jordan" soap opera, then you know that in the last four years this completely normal child has been regularly shipped off to mental hospitals, group homes, psychiatrists and rehab centers (and he doesn't even do drugs!). In the last six months alone, his parents have shipped this kid off to two "Behavior Modification" boot camps in the Utah desert and one of those "Schools for Troubled Teens" in the mountains of Montana.

Recently, tracking down Jordan's current whereabouts has been like being in the cast of "CSI".

Anyway, on "As the World Turns" last week, Julia asked Lisa for help, Craig asked Lily for help and Barbara and Rick proved once again why they were in desperate need of it. Me too! Looks like I too could use some help.

Apparently Jordan's parents have started craving their fix again -- they just LOVE to call the police -- and since they can't call the police on Jordan any more (the local police department steadfastly refuses to send a squad car to outback Montana) and nobody has robbed their house lately, Jordan's parents have been looking around for someone else to call the police on.

Lights! Sirens! Action!

They gotta call the police on somebody, right? But who? Who will the world turn on next? Last night an officer called to tell me that Jordan's parents have just called the police on ME!

Jordan's mother actually called them and said that if my daughter and I didn't stop trying to find Jordan, they would serve a restraining order on me.

I never had a restraining order served on me before. Even my arch-nemesis George Bush knows better than that! I'm completely harmless! (Unless of course the pen actually IS mightier than the sword -- but you couldn't prove that by the last election, LOL).

The police officer I talked with last night, however, was hopeful that I wouldn't get restrained. Apparently the whole police force is disgusted with Jordan's parents and are rooting for me. According to one of many officers on the case, "They call the police at least once a month and every time they call us I have to make out a report."

Once we found out where Jodan was, we started sending him post cards. "Hi, Jordan. How are you? We miss you." That sort of stuff. But writing to Jordan is apparently a no-no. Not only do Jordan's parents object but so does the "school". That makes me worry.

According to the International Survivors Action Committee website, http://www.isaccorp.org/, a major sign of danger to watch for in a teen behavior modification program is when "Verbal and/or written communication between the child and his parents, siblings, grandparents, etc. is prohibited, restricted, or monitored on any level."

The "Behavior Modification" place where Jordan is at now looks really good on their website -- http://www.monarchschool.com/main.html -- but they are not giving Jordan his mail. Perhaps they afraid that I am a drug dealer? Or perhaps they are afraid that I will send Jordan an Emancipated Minor declaration and they will be out their $400 a day.

At this point in time, however, all I would like is a statement from Jordan saying, "This place is all right. I am okay." And it would also be nice if his parents stopped calling the police on me also. Enough of the soap opera. It's time for everyone to get back to real life!

And it's time for us to be kind to our children. They are our future.

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This is where it starts: People hurt their children. People drug their children. People hunt their children like animals. And when those children grow up, they justify to themselves the right to go to "war" -- doing to others what has been done to them. THAT is how the world turns. Hitler, Saddam, Bush: Raised by authoritarian parents. Have pity on them, out there alone in the woodshed -- and then stop creating more of them.

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A Jordan soap opera update: Jordan's father just called my daughter and said he wanted to be her friend. No mention of the police at all. Guess they found someone else to call the police on?

For ATWT fans, here's the latest story line: Once Will leaves, Barbara lures the policeman inside for coffee, then goes upstairs to nap. Meanwhile, at the Snyder Barn, just as Paul is expressing his concern to Hal for leaving Will alone with Barbara, Will arrives. Will goes to his Aunt Kim to tell her about his conversation with Barbara and even though he says Barbara was fine with everything, Kim is concerned. Meanwhile, Barbara climbs out of her bedroom window and struggles to remove her electronic tracking anklet, vowing to get to the wedding.

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How DO your raise a decent child?: Read John Gray's book, "Children are from Heaven". It will get parents through anything. And his ideas and techniques also apply to politics and international relations as well.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

What would Scrooge McDuck do: How to survive the upcoming Bush Depression

"Dear Uncle Scrooge: I am a low-income working woman about to retire on Social Security benefits. What should I do?"

Under Bush's proposed new Social Security plan, you can forget about retiring, dear. Just plan to work 'til you're 80 and die really really poor.

"Dear Uncle Scrooge: I'm a middle-aged man with lots of bucks. What should I do after George Bush bankrupts the country?"

Too late for that. With a 51-trillion-dollar debt and a horrific balance of payments to Halliburton and China, we are already bankrupt. Just do what I do -- exchange your dollars for gold and swim in it!

"Dear Uncle Scrooge: I am a talking duck with three nephews. I wear a blue cap and don't have a job."

You are in good company here. In the next four years, everybody else in America will be out of work too. I predict the return of the hobo jungle and the breadline. Luckily, you have a rich uncle. The rest of America is screwed.

"Dear Uncle Scrooge: I am a rich white guy who owns a company that makes bombs. How should I store my wealth?"

Invest offshore! Open Swiss bank accounts. Bury your money in Euros. Buy Asian stock. Save the first dime you ever made. Buy yourself a bank vault. You have used your resources wisely. You should do fine.

"Dear Uncle Scrooge: I live at the White House. I'm worried about how Americans will react when they find out that I stole the Treasury and committed election fraud."

Not to worry. Just bring the Beagle Boys back from Abu Ghraib and turn them loose on America's REAL enemies -- truck drivers, mail carriers, teachers, housewives, grocery clerks and the AFL-CIO!

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America goes postal: Send a post card to George Bush saying that you voted for John Kerry. Bush, even though he is currently violating his lease, the US Constitution (you gotta be ELECTED to live in the White House), he is still living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC 20500.

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From Jim: BUSHcott encourages all Kerry supporters, Nader supporters, traditional conservatives, and those concerned about Bush's presumptive and aggressive stance since the election to NOT shop the day after Thanksgiving. Your children and grandchildren will thank you for it. As it stands now, this budget deficit will be our legacy to them.

To all the Minuteman bloggers who caused the election recount: You are all invited to my very own online bloggers' inaugural ball on January 20, 2005. Sorry. Kerry will have to have his own balls! And I imagine that Bush will respectfully decline this invitation. He will be in jail by then, fervently hoping that the death penalty law will be repealed -- and that Gonzales, not the soap crew, will be reviewing his briefs for him.

Sunday, November 14, 2004

Liked the Scott Peterson trial? You'll LOVE the George Bush trial! Americans were fascinated by the trial of Scott Peterson. And if they liked the trial of the alleged murderer of just ONE pregnant woman, imagine how much America will love the trial of George Bush, a man who is responsible for the murder of possibly THOUSANDS of pregnant women!

Was Laci shot, strangled or drowned? Did she suffer before she died? And what about her unborn child? We may never know for sure but you can imagine that she did. But what we DO know is that all across the Middle East, hundreds -- if not thousands -- of pregnant women have been shot, blown up, starved, irradiated and/or burned to death by napalm as a direct result of the actions of George W. Bush.

To his credit, Bush agrees with the charges against him. "Any time an expectant mother is a victim of violence, two lives are in the balance, each deserving protection and each deserving justice," Bush said in an East Room ceremony at the White House recently. "If the crime is murder, and the unborn child's life ends, justice demands a full accounting under the law."

News teams from all over the world are expected to cover the Bush trial. Did Bush actually kill all those pregnant women? Without a doubt. But perhaps his high-paid lawyers will be able to get him off with just a light sentence. The only sure thing about this trial is that Americans will be riveted to the edge of their seats until the verdict comes down.

"Guilty!"****

"Imagine a world where EVERY child is wanted, nurtured, protected and loved: World Peace in one generation!"

Saturday, November 13, 2004

Firing the Project Manager: Like the USSR in 1989, America under Bush is falling apart

On The Apprentice last week, the Project Manager got sacked. "Everything you did on this project failed. You're fired."

Everything America has done lately has failed too. Economically, militarily, politically and morally, the United States today is pretty much where the USSR was in 1989. Our country is falling apart.

What if George Bush had been an Apprentice contestant? What if he was this week's Project Manager? "Here's the task: Make America into a really great country. Use your resources wisely. If you mess up, someone WILL get fired."

Reporting back to the Boardroom, Bush would get nailed for a WHOLE BUNCH of failures. First, he would have to confess that he LOST the war on Iraq. Seven generals just came out and said that the war was a mess. One even stated that only way to win that war was to GET OUT. Now.

Then Bush would have to admit that he had mis-placed the Constitution too. "Sorry. I know it's around here somewhere." The environment? World peace? Education? The stock market? The national debt? On Bill Moyers last Friday, some economist stated that the national debt is probably now at FIFTY-ONE TRILLION DOLLARS! George, you lost the national debt too?

"How about the elections? Do people have confidence in the way that you counted the vote?" Surely you got that one right? What? It looks like the vote count is NINE MILLION votes off? Would Carolyn raise an eyebrow on that one or what?

"But what about the dollar? You've still got the dollar, don't you?" Well...er...no. It's at the lowest it's ever been. "Well, tell me. What HAS your team accomplished?

"Let's see. We convinced 20 million Christians to give up the Bible in favor of the "Left Behind" series, we bankrupted the treasury, we demoralized the armed forces and we divided the country into warring states." Great. You are over budget, your employees hate you, 9-11 happened on your watch and now the CIA is falling apart under Porter Goss.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't fire you!" Silence in the Boardroom.

"George. You're fired!"

PS: Bush was so terrible as Project Manager that they didn't even give him a taxi ride home after the show. And then America hired Project Managers who knew what they were doing!

Friday, November 12, 2004

Don't have a cow, man. Bush won, America lost, get over it! Sometimes I think politics is like watching the Simpson show. "I actually found a new Attorney General who is a worse civil rights abuser than John Ashcroft!" Who said that? Krusty the Clown?

And what about the 2004 election? An estimated NINE MILLION Americans cast questionably weird votes. Would Montgomery Burns be that evil? Would Homer Simpson be that dumb?

"If you want to find out if there are nine million fake votes," said my friend Joe, "just tally up the voter sign-in sheets. If you are nine million signatures short, then you know that the little black boxes padded the vote." Even Otto coulda figured that one out. Even Ralph.

Does Bush really think we are that stupid? I can just see George now. "They will NEVER notice that stuff. In one Ohio precinct with only 638 eligible voters, I got 4,258 votes. Smithers, we've done it again!" Doh!

Like Mr. Burns, Bush is aware that Americans will believe anything as long as Troy McClure sez it on TV. "Did you see the way they swallowed that PR crap about me being a Texas good ol' boy." Can you say "Preppie," Smithers? "Silver spoon?"

Bring it on? Our George is afraid of horses! He's no more a cowboy than Principal Skinner or Sideshow Bob.

Then there is that other Holy Cow that Bush has even ME believing -- that there are millions and millions of cult Christians out there in the Homeland, pure as driven snow and lined up in rows, Bible in hand, ready to do his bidding. That's not true! I can prove it. The Bible Belt has the most divorces and murders in America. And, since Bush took over the White House, even their abortion rates have gone up. These people are not Ned Flanders. These people are just like the rest of us. These people hang out at Moe's.

"Evil enough to use nerve gas and napalm and blow up a hospital in Fallugah during the Muslim holy days?" Well, not that evil. That's more like "Seed of Chucky". Now you are getting into George Bush stuff.

Even Bart Simpson would make a better president than Bush. Or maybe not. When Bart says, "I didn't do it!" nobody believes him. But when George says, "I didn't do it," people STAND IN LINE to provide him with alibis. You know what I have to say about that, Mr. Bush?

"Eat my shorts!"

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Why isn't the rest of the world doing anything to stop the slaughter in Fallugah? Bush is slaughtering doctors, nurses and OUR TROOPS. Where is the UN? This is their sorriest hour.

Thursday, November 11, 2004

I am a Christian, George -- An Enemy of the StateI believe in Jesus, George. That makes me a "person of interest".

I believe in kindness, George. That makes me an outcast. If I lived in Texas, people would shun me and key my car.

I believe that gassing and napalming the people of Iraq is cowardly and evil and vile. Does that mean the FBI will come for me?

I take "Thou shalt not kill" and "Thou shalt not steal" very seriously, George. Jesus' creed, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" means a lot to me. Does that make me a traitor?

I believe that the Lord our God died on the cross so that He could fill the world with love and peace. That makes me vulnerable, George. That sets me up. That makes me un-American.

I have principles, George. Abu Graib and Shock & Awe and election theft appall me. According to the gospel of George W. Bush, that makes me an Enemy of the State.

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Sources:

US Troops Reportedly Gassing Fallujah http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2004-11/10/article05.shtmlFrom Robert: ASIA TIMES ONLINEMiddle East November 11, 2004 http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FK11Ak03.htmlBy Pepe Escobar Everything one needed to know about the true, unspinnable foreign policy of the second George W Bush administration is represented by the "capture" of the first strategic target in the assault on Fallujah: the general hospital, on the left bank of the Euphrates, now totally cut off from the city. According to the Bush administration world view, this is the housewhere Satan lives. [Another hospital was out-and-out bombed.]

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From Tom:http://la.indymedia.org/MARINE APCs APPEAR AT ANTI-WAR PROTEST IN WESTWOODLOS ANGELES, November 9, 2004 - At 7:50 PM, What were first reported to be tanks and now identified as Marine APCs showed up at an anti-war protest in front of the federal building in Westwood. The APCs circled the block twice, the second time parking themselves in the street and directly in front of the area where most of the protesters were gathered. Enraged, some of the people attempted to block the APCs, but police quickly cleared the street.

The people continued to protest the presence of the Marines, but after about ten minutes they drove off. It is still unclear as to why they were deployed to this location.

From Dennis Kucinich: I believe we must pursue every lead which raises questions about the integrity of the electoral process. Our work may not change the outcome, but it will demonstrate that beyond our commitment to our candidates, we have a higher commitment to our democracy. Ohiohttp://www.commondreams.org/views04/1110-31.htm

Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Stop the vote theft! Speak at your city councils, call your Secretaries of State!!!!!!!Please send this out to your lists if you agree:

I'm going to speak at the open mike at my City Council meeting tonight and BEG them to send a resolution to the GAO requesting a ballot re-count -- if not a whole new election. Would you please do the same in your home town? Our future democracy and the lives of our children depend on this.

Further, according to the federal Election Assistance Commission (866-747-1471), we need to protest this fraudulant election at the state level. So. Phone your state's Secretary of State and VENT! Especially in Ohio.

And while you're at it, find a lawyer who will file a federal appeal.

And while we are at it, let's mention that the massacre in Fallugah is immoral, ineffective and just plain WRONG.

Monday, November 08, 2004

How to withdraw from Iraq without losing our shirts -- and our social security too!

Let's see. Bush invaded Iraq shortly after Saddam Hussein changed over from the dollar to the Euro.

If the purpose of the war on Iraq was to keep the dollar strong, Bush has been defeated already -- no matter how many Iraqis he kills.

Bush is like one of those gunfighters in the Old West who swaggers into town to rob the bank and steal the land. But apparently Bush didn't count on the local ranchers, townspeople, school marms (and bloggers) organizing against him.

Sure, we got a bunch of corpses on the ground in Fallugah. Sure, we got a cowered population in Afghanistan, Palestine and (sort of) Iran. But has Bush "won" his war on the Middle East? Hardly.

With China, Latin America, Africa, Russia, Japan -- and even me -- contemplating switching to the Euro, I would say that Bush has lost it completely.

Thank God for Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger and what was the name of that dude in Toy Story -- Woody! As for me, I'm just glad that Bush will soon be in the hoosegow. He may not acknowledge it yet but Bush has LOST his bid to take over our town.

If Bush is losing the war on the Middle East, then who IS winning it? America! You and me. And, as part of the spoils of war, we may get to keep our Social Security.

From Ed: bin Ladin's evil scheme to win the "War on Terror" by bankrupting America seems to be working -- thanks to our George: http://costofwar.com/

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From Joe T: If in fact the Diebold machines were set to record more votes than were actually cast, then a simple count of the voter registration books where the people who sign in to vote would in my lame brain opinion revel whether the little black boxes padded the vote.

A way of checking to see whether the machines were set to record a Bush vote when a Kerry vote was cast would be to check the voting for all the candidates the voter voted for on that ballot. A pattern should show up very quickly. One who voted for all Democrats on the ballot and then vote for Bush, should set off the alarm.

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Steal the election once -- shame on Cheney/Bush. Steal the election twice-- shame on America.

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Concession doesn't matter: It doesn't matter whether or not John Kerry conceded. When they do the Ohio recount and Kerry wins it, he becomes the President no matter what.

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From Wayne: "Sounds like angry sour grapes to me, you are indeed going off the deep end. Why not just shut up and deal with it, we won, you lost." But, Wayne, what did you "win"? The right to slaughter civilians, lose your freedom, violate MY religion and bankrupt the country? Big deal. Looks like you ARE a winner! My congrats.

All I see and hear tells me that we are only hours away from starting an attack on Fallujah that could wind up being the bloodiest mess in decades. I fear that we have a mixing of Texas cowboy bravo, a severe oversupply of Marine Corps testosterone with the addition of Pentagon illogic, making a highly combustible mixture. The way it's going on both sides, we may be close to the old "body count" days of Viet Nam.

Ohio County: More Votes Than Voters --Cuyahoga County Precincts (americans4america) "Each precinct in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Highlighted areas represent 90% (very, VERY unlikely) and higher (up to 1160.78%) voter TURN-OUT! 29 are above 100% Calculated from data on county page --(Ballots Cast/Registered Voters) *100 = % turn out. Ballots Cast SHOULD NEVER be more than Registered, thus per cent should NEVER be higher than 100% This amounts to 93,136 EXTRA votes beyond 100% in those precincts! This is just for ONE county!"

Nebraska County: More Votes Than Voters --Too many votes --Sarpy County election officials are trying to figure out how they ended up with more votes than voters in the general election. As many as 10,000 extra votes have been tallied and candidates are still waiting for corrected totals. Sarpy County borrowed the election equipment from Omaha-based Election Systems & Software.

Wet Ballots Found, Rejected By Voting Machines (FL) Several hundred ballots in Seminole County, Fla., mysteriously got wet and were rejected by voting machines Tuesday, according to Local 6 News. The wet ballots were apparently discovered unmarked Tuesday at the Community United Methodist Church in Casselberry, Fla.

"I was tipped off by a person very high up in TV that the news has been locked down tight, and there will be no TV coverage of the real problems with voting on Nov. 2. Even the journalists are pretty horrified. My source said they've also been forbidden to talk about it even on their own time, and he was calling from somewhere else. He was trying to figure out how to get the real news out on vote fraud. This is a person I've worked with off and on for nearly two years, and the voice was so somber it really bothered me." --Bev Harris, blackboxvoting.org
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From Berkeley Stop The War: Top U.S. Marine in Iraq Calls for Massacre in Fallujah U.S. troops entered the western outskirts of the city on Monday seizing a hospital and two bridges over the Euphrates River. The U.S. has surrounded the sealed off Fallujah and is preparing to launch the complete destruction of the city.

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From CLG Newshttp://www.legitgov.org/: CLG News has a whole laundry list of election fraud in Ohio, Florada, New Mexico, etc: "Alone in Ohio, officials cited homeland security --Warren's vote tally walled off --Citing concerns about potential terrorism [?!!?], Warren County officials locked down the county administration building on election night and blocked anyone from observing the vote count as the nation awaited Ohio's returns. County officials say they took the action Tuesday night for homeland security, although state elections officials said they didn't know of any other Ohio county that closed off its elections board.

Oops! More fuzzy math in Ohio... Franklin County, Ohio --A total of 638 votes were cast in the precinct: Bush received 4258 of them, Kerry got 260.

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From Liz: Challenge the electors one by one!

Constitutionally, what has to be challenged is the electoral college slate. Any challenge for discrepancies has to occur before the electoral college meets, and a given slate of electors actually votes on the president. After that happens, the court cannot intervene. There is no provision constitutionally for a new election, or a recount of the old one. When the electoral college slate votes, that's it, and it can't be taken back. Furthermore, once the Congress opens the votes for the electoral college slates, and they are counted, the President and Vice President determined to have been elected there take office on the 20th. That is it. Once that all happens, it can't be taken back. You don't have two or four years to prove your case. You only have until about mid December. That's if. If you're going to do anything, you've got about five weeks to do it.

After that, if you can prove the president and vice president conducted fraud in order to win the election, the only remedy is to impeach them.

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From me: With regard to Iraq, Bush is like a monkey with his hand in a jar full ot nuts. He will never let go. Those defense contracts are too lucrative.

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From Jacqueline: Three Democratic congressmen - U.S. Reps. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, Jerrold Nadler of New York and Robert Wexler of Florida - have asked the General Accounting Office to investigate. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1108-04.htm

Sunday, November 07, 2004

Who will be America's NEXT TOP CHRISTIAN? (Jesus need not apply)
In Los Angeles, they have a TV show called "Pimp My Ride". In the red states they have a TV show called "Pimp My God". Jesus need not apply.

Am I bitter or what? When I was a little kid, I LOVED being a Christian. Couldn't WAIT to go to church. I just loved all that stuff about loving one's neighbor and turning the other cheek. Yeah right. Then slowly I began to see what hypocrites that Christians were. I stopped going to church for a whole bunch of years. And then I went back.

"I KNOW these guys are all hypocrites," I told myself. "But I really do believe in Jesus." I forced myself to go back to church. I sat in the back pew and sang along. I was happy. Now here it is, 20 years later and my little back pew has become uncomfortable once again as the essence of Christianity is once again being ignored.

I LOVED being a Christian. Ah rats.

Any one who can kill 100,000 innocent human beings in the name of the Lord has GOT to be selling us snake oil. I can't tolerate that. I'm sorry. And Jesus is sorry too. Because it means that when we have the GLORIOUS AWAKENING and Jesus comes again, cult Christians and neo-cons will use election-tampering and vote fraud to make sure that He NEVER gets elected to a second term as Messiah -- and then He will be run out of town on a rail.

Who will be America's Next Top Christian? The one who can slaughter the most civilians in Fallugah.

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From Jesus: "Whatever you did for the least of us, you did for me." Guess which unpopular liberal said that?

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View from the Right: NewsMax actually ran an article stating how clever William Rehnquist was to announce his cancer right before the election -- and how stupid John Edwards was to wait until after the election to announce his wife's struggle with breast cancer. ****
From Marvin: The debt admitted by the Feds is 7 trillion but the actual debt -- AKA Enron-style hidden debt -- is probably closer to 20 Trillion. I have seen so many numbers that I cannot advocate any except it is more that 7 trillion.

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Exit poll graph: Here is an incredibly shocking graph from my friend Bob regarding exit poll info versus electronic voting results. My jaw just dropped! http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/todays_show.html*****
From CLG Newshttp://www.legitgov.org/: CLG News has a whole laundry list of election fraud in Ohio, Florada, New Mexico, etc: "Alone in Ohio, officials cited homeland security --Warren's vote tally walled off --Citing concerns about potential terrorism [?!!?], Warren County officials locked down the county administration building on election night and blocked anyone from observing the vote count as the nation awaited Ohio's returns. County officials say they took the action Tuesday night for homeland security, although state elections officials said they didn't know of any other Ohio county that closed off its elections board.

Oops! More fuzzy math in Ohio... Franklin County, Ohio --A total of 638 votes were cast in the precinct: Bush received 4258 of them, Kerry got 260.

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Concession doesn't matter: It doesn't matter whether or not John Kerry conceded. When they do the Ohio recount and Kerry wins it, he becomes the President no matter what.

****From Wayne: "Sounds like angry sour grapes to me, you are indeed going off the deep end. Why not just shut up and deal with it, we won, you lost." But, Wayne, what did you "win"? The right to slaughter civilians, lose your freedom, violate MY religion and bankrupt the country? Big deal. Looks like you ARE a winner! My congrats.

Friday, November 05, 2004

The Electoral College blues: What we get after the red states bankrupt America

Why are the blue states paying for the red states' crazy spending sprees?

Like uncontrolled pre-teens at a shopping mall, red states with credit cards in hand are running up so much debt on our blue state Mastercard that we both are going under.

Who gave the red states OUR credit card? The Electoral College did it. That's identity theft!

Isn't it about time that the Electoral College got sent back to school to take a civics lesson in "Proportional Representation".

Without the blue states, the red states' bank account would be a joke. Yet it is the teenybopper red states and their bumbling, greedy, blood-thirsty leaders that are dragging us parent blue states around by the ear.

Another sad but true story: The more that blood-thirsty red state leaders orchestrate the massacre of Middle Eastern women and children, the more blue states become endangered. Blue states are fully aware that red state politicians can yell, "Na na ne na ne na" from behind their mother's skirts all they want but it was the Twin Towers, not the Alamo, that got bombed.

Also from Mike: [Forget about Canada or New Zealand! Move to a red state! Berkeley already has its priorities straight. The red states NEED us!] Move to a soft Red state and change the dynamics of ALL elections in that state as well as the results of future national elections...

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

So many Americans are jumping for joy that Bush was elected that I feel like Cassandra for even trying to point out Bush's flaws.

Bush ignored 28 different warnings that 9-11 was about to happen. He cost America over two million jobs. He's run up the largest debt in history, effectively bankrupting America, the richest country in the world. He has exhibited the ethical behavior of an alley cat. He'll promise ANYTHING for cash. And even his cult Christian backers' worst nightmares -- terrorism, abortions and homosexuality -- have vastly multiplied in the last four years. And don't tell me that nobody voted for Kerry -- we had voters standing out in the rain in Ohio at 4 am to vote against Bush.

So. What went wrong with this election? Why were the "official" results so much different from the exit polls. Ask Diebold. Ask Karl Rove. And ask the Americans who voted for Bush.

"Why did you vote for Bush?"

"Because we didn't know any better. Because we didn't WANT to know any better." I feel like Cassandra, standing out in the rain, saying gloomy things while everybody else laughs.

Nobody else wants to live in a progressive country where Christian values are still honored, our government doesn't lie to us, the buck stops here -- and we still HAVE bucks? NOBODY else wants that? Too bad for them. I still do.

I HEREBY DECLARE THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF 2009 STUART STREET! Stop me if you dare. I have my own army, navy, air force and White House. I even have my own Gross National Product. "Thou shalt not kill" is my country's motto. I build my own highways and salute my own flag. And I'm not going to recognize the USSRA either! (Unless of course they beg.)

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Election report: THOUSANDS are voting for Kerry in Broward County -- and Reno hates Cheney I just got off the phone with a lawyer friend who is poll-watching in Broward County FL, in a primarily Democratic neighborhood.

"People started lining up to vote at 5:30 am this morning," he said. "The wait is now two hours long. Voters are letting older people go to the front of the line to vote. EVERYONE is voting for Kerry. The voting machines are working well. It's perfect voting weather. There are lawyers everywhere here. Precinct workers are checking every prospective voter to make sure they get to the polls. It is an exciting and wonderful time. Everyone is enthusiastic and inspired."

Just in from another swing state -- Nevada! A hot dog vendor in downtown Reno just told me that, "This is a Republican stronghold. Has been for 150 years. But no matter how people feel about Bush around here, the general consensus is that it's time to get rid of DICK CHENEY." Interesting. "Cheney was in Sparks the other day. I figure they only send him to the states where they are losing. Bush was in Ohio this morning. As soon as they think they are losing, they start pounding the area." Apparently Nevada is taking a pounding from Bush/Cheney.

Democracy in action, America at its best! ****
From Ed: bin Ladin's evil scheme to win the "War on Terror" by bankrupting America seems to be working -- thanks to our George: http://costofwar.com/

Monday, November 01, 2004

New Prediction: "Desperate Housewives" will give Bush the boot!
I got a whole new prediction! After watching Good Morning America's segment on the IMMENSE popularity of "Desperate Housewives" today, it suddenly occurred to me. The GOP have systematically created a nation of bored women under house arrest languishing restlessly in the suburbs with only bon bons and Jerry to keep them sane!

It is these women, stuck with crazed midgets and dirty diapers all day instead of having an interesting career that would match their IQ points, that will bust Bush's chops. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."